Archive for 'Home Design' Category
An Uncluttered New Year’s Resolution: Just One Thing
Guest post by Holly Shacklett of Simply Organized NWA So many people add “Get Organized” to their list of New Year’s Resolutions. I pat those people on the back because if that resolution comes to fruition, so many areas of a person’s life are affected in a good way. The problem is the resolution is [...]
Love this cute Halloween decor at great prices
We love it when we find cute Halloween decorations that don’t have a scary price tag attached. We found these really cute Halloween things at Sam’s Club! The pumpkin centerpieces light up and they’re even cuter in person. (We just saw this set used as a table centerpiece, and it looked awesome.) You can get [...]
Expert design tips that will save you money!
Home Design: Cutting your energy bill beautifully
By Lori Homstad, local business owner and mother of two Do you like the game of Monopoly? Just roll the dice and you pay what you roll for your utility bill. I’d rather get double sixes any day to the bill I just got. SWEPCO concurred with me that our bill was above the average [...]
Simple Spaces makeover revealed!
Jen Simmons was the lucky mama who won the “Organize a room in my house” package from nwaMotherlode sponsor Simple Spaces a few weeks ago. Jen chose her sewing/craft room for the room and let Simple Spaces owners Laurie Malloy and Jenna Ruhe transform the space with their organizing expertise. She was SEW excited about [...]
Home Design: New ‘green’ faux iron product!
By Lori Homstad, business owner and mother of two Around the holidays, our thoughts often turn to enhancing our homes. After all, many of us host lots of company this time of year and we want our houses to reflect our personal style. Well, I’ve got a little stylish secret I’d like to tell you [...]
Home Design: Hanging art in groups
Do you ever feel confused about how to arrange art on walls? We do! We recently saw a great tutorial about how to hang with style. A mom blogger we read (finslippy) directed us to this website, Apartment Therapy, which has lots of great design ideas for small spaces. CLICK HERE to see the article [...]
Home Design: Ideas for adding value to your home
By Lori Homstad, business owner and mother of two What a great Autumn we’ve had so far. The weather has been warm during the day and brisk in the evenings. Do you have your Fall Garden Wreath on your front door? Figuring out how to best bring the outdoors inside is always fun. CLICK HERE [...]
Home Design: Refreshing bedroom ideas
By Lori Homstad, business owner and mother of two Most of us need a retreat now and then — an escape from the chores, the noise, the clutter and the demands of parenting. When my boys were little, I often said, “All I need is a good night’s sleep.” I used to say “Calgon, take [...]
2010 Kitchen Trends!
Our friends at Metro Appliances & More attend all the industry trade shows where the latest and greatest kitchen products and fashions are revealed. Below is info from the National Kitchen & Bath Association which outlines the strongest trends for the year. Tradition will continue as the most popular kitchen design style with contemporary following [...]
Home Design: Kitchen and patio tips
By Lori Homstad, business owner and mother of two Whether you love football season or not, it’s easy to love spending time outside now that the hot temperatures are fading into a comfortable fall. If you’re cooking on the stove or manning the barbecue grill, you can easily make both the kitchen and the patio [...]
Check out the mamas in ‘At Home in Arkansas’ online
We have some exciting news, mamas! We were recently approached by At Home in Arkansas’ Associate Editor Paulette Pearson to write a post for their guest blogger series online. Um, YES! We were stoked. Well, the post just published on their blog and we wanted to share our excitement with all of you. And a [...]
Botanical Garden of the Ozarks classes
It’s about time to get back out in the garden! The Botanical Garden of the Ozarks has some classes available that might help with your plans: Edible Landscaping with Leigh Wilkerson, the Larrapin Gardener Saturday, March 27th from 10 am to noon Gardeners of all levels are invited to join Leigh Wilkerson, gardener and author [...]
Time to Plant!
It happens every spring. I spot my neighbors beautiful pink tulips and yellow jonquils and wish I had something blooming in my stark flowerbed. But then I realize that you can’t get tulips in the spring unless you’ve planted them months before, and I’m never quite sure when to do that. But I just found [...]
Remodeling? Read this first!
We mamas LOVE a chance to remodel our homes and make them better. Last year, Americans spent more than $216 billion (yes that says BILLION) on home remodeling, according to a report from the National Association of Home Builders. That same report says that remodeling is expected to outpace new home building in about 10 [...]
Crafty Mama: 10 ideas to create a fall centerpiece!
With as much time as most moms spend in the kitchen feeding kids, it sure is nice to have something pretty to look at on the kitchen island or table. So we asked our crafty friends over at Signed Sealed Delivered to give us some ideas on how to make great fall centerpieces to use [...]
Mamas’ Tip of the Day: Turn photos into canvas wall art
A few months ago, I had this decorating dilemma. In my family room, there is a weird space between the top of my bookshelves and the ceiling. It needed something, but I wasn’t sure what that “something” was. I spent a few months browsing at different stores for framed artwork that would be exactly the [...]
Ready to re-FRESH a room in your house?
By Beverly Odom, owner Modoa Interiors Tired of the same old, same old? Ready for a change but don’t want to spend a fortune? Let me help! First things first, one room at the time, let’s get started… Pick a room in your house that feels unsettled, like this “before” fireplace/living room area. Without spending [...]
Interior Design: Mantle Makeover!
By Teresa Huddleston owner of Huddleston Interior Designs Since we’re in the middle of winter, now is the perfect time to give the focal point of the room – the fireplace and mantle – a fresh new makeover. You’ll enjoy a cozy fire even more if you love the look on and above your mantle. [...]
Aluminum Foil: MUST READ
The above was the subject line in a recent message from a friend. Like many of our other friends in the e-mail group, I immediately assumed, as another mom said, “it was some alarming circular about foil usage causing Alzheimer’s in toddlers or something … what a relief to find it was just another helpful [...]